That air tight tests are a bit dodgy as with experience on new builds they just tape up cracks or anywhere air could escape for the test then remove when passed.
I've been a self employed bricklayer for 45yrs,so,I have seen the difference in governments attitudes to quality. Rules and regs are ignored when a tory government are in.Why? because they just want to sell houses with no comebacks for the builders.(their mates) All this health and safety bull is purely to fund agencies.A self employed tradesman now has to work through an agency, not directly for a builder.The agency is used as a barrier between the builder and the tradesman.Builders no longer have to deal with taxation,supplying protective cothing,it is dealt with by dodgy agencies,who claim tax back when they have not supplied what they are claiming for. The whole situation is a scam. Who carries the can?the tradesmen and the poor new buyers who have bought a pig in a poke.
Last year i ws fitting double fire doors with frames on a hospital site the comtractor wanted 2 sets a day or10 a week come friday i had managed to do 8 sets .the forman told me i would have to speed up, so all weeked it bugged me that i was not as quick as the other teams On monday the shit hit the fan all the doors had been inspected and would have to be refitted all except mind which passed lol
Well done fella. Keep up the high standards and don’t drop em for anyone. I’m a plumber and there only one way to do things. The right way. Do something g bad and it will come back to get you one day.
@@oktfg No effective Building Control (largely the builder's own desultory inspection only now) ...Indemnity Provider is the builders own pet organisation and intolerably slow/under-resourced...this really needs major legislation and enforcement...urgently...In truth I suspect most buildings slung up the last ten years or so should really be torn down and started afresh from the footings up...
Good job educating people on what a lot of trouble they are buying into. New builds are all show but no substance. I have known two friends who bought new build properties both had problems.👍
I would say this is pretty common on today's new builds. I'm sure if a while site was inspected, the same faults would be found on each and every house. Time to start naming and shaming I say.
They just got rid of the manager on one of the best sites I've worked on for a long time. He had high standards and would rather not build it if it wasnt done properly. Most of the trades disliked him and the progress on the site in general was slow but the quality was amazing. Unfortunately the developers were losing money so they shipped him out. It seems with the premium on land, the quality of land and clean up costs or ground improvements, the caveats local councils want done for them to get planning. All the favours, services charges and top management wages there is little left to actually build the house with.
Hopefully these homeowners will now be able to get the appropriate remedial work performed. The problem is, which set of mouth breathing, knuckle dragging wood butchers and bodgers will pitch up and try and escape by just applying silicone to everything they see?
That is exactly what Witney Bodgers ( name witheld) did. They were the Oxford developers go to mastic kings. Anything actually fixed is at our expense by recommended trades.
What happens to things like bricks walls on the house being massively out of plumb or brick joints aligned? How do the house builders actually fix that?
When sites had true managers they'd be on top of the supposed trades,if a wall was out they'd be pulling it down and starting again.. I know of one house that's six inches out, the house looks like a disney cartoon..
The answer given to other comments is... they don't, it's often just rendered over, or simply ignored. Apparently the companies are known to get an engineer in to sign it off as sound even though it doesn't meet standards they 'reckon it'll hold' and so it's all yours. As far as I can determine 90% of all the snagging fixes are just cosmetic, such as the fake movement joints, fake vents, etc... and don't actually fix the issue. I mean how do you fix a missing movement joint? You literally have to take half the house down. which is why there needs to be inspections at key stages through the build ON EVERY HOUSE, not just a 10% sample, where they would find something like vent bricks at ground level, or a forgotten movement joint, when only 5 courses of brick needs taking out, not three stories! These issues are clearly systematic, they aren't just, "opps, one lad forgot to run a bead around that one window". This is a "it's quicker not to bother and hope we don't get caught" kind of a deal and there NEEDS to be a class action against the companies doing it.
I wish I had bought a full structural survey - as I always did on older houses- when I bought my new build! I'm in Witney in a house built by an Oxford based landlord and developer of new builds for sale. I thought only the big boys were rubbish!
My mum moved into a bellaway new build with the council. The turf died within weeks and sewage would flood her back garden! Disgusting. She said she felt bad for people who brought these houses! Me and hubby be looking at old builds to buy….they’re built to last
It would be interesting for you to snag the show home on a new build estate. They seem to achieve a high standard on those. It’s a shame the developer doesn’t employ you directly. I would hate to think how it would impact the completion programme though. You should seriously consider writing a checklist book for what people need to look out for.
It’s what you get when you allow self regulation of organisations where they value profit over quality. Great video yet again, makes me quite happy we went for a 1920’s build instead….
@@belltond1527 they do.... But my 1928 house has stood for 94 years with no need for new floors new joists still has original front door even, only real change has been some new wiring and gas / water pipes....oh and a new roof but that was 70 years before it was replaced. But walls are straight and floors are level,
There needs to be a major shake up in general in relation to house purchasing in the UK. Between exchange of contracts and completion the purchaser should be allowed to get an independent snagging company to inspect. Those issues like we see numerous times on these videos should by law have to be fixed rectified in order to proceed to completion. No post completing snagging visits once the developer has your money, as most of these are breaches of building regs and not minor "snags" No if's and no but's.....
The problem is that after exchange, you're committed to buying the house. So it doesn't really matter what the snagging survey shows pre-completion, because you can't back out without taking a huge financial hit. After completion, you have a 2 year warranty, so plenty of time to get issues fixed.
I will Never ever Buy a New Build again, Has over the years I have had four New Builds and each one had many faults, And what makes it worse is the builder in my case made the fight personal to put things right, My husband has died and left me to fight on alone and the times they had me crying from their total lack of caring once they have your money
@cianmacgana9092 Yes I should have just kept hoping the last one Was Just bad luck and it would improve never did, so now I have a twenty-year-old one and I knew what needed doing when I moved in,
What happens after you identify all these snags and fails? Do they have to come back and fix them? Once they've fixed them do you then go back for another inspection? Cheers!
I identified loads of snags on my home, they fixed a couple so we moved in then left the rest, find more all the time been here 3 years now will never buy a new build again
If the builder agrees they are out of standards they will get the work fixed to acceptable standards and or come to agreement of free stuff and or money tho that ends all come backs on the items. This guy will not come back after unless u pay him.
I can imagine the guys working on this house all hang over from the night before, smoking super skunk on every tea break, cutting corners and then bragging to their friends about the Corners they cut. I could of cut a corner myself and summed them up with these 2 words, "Knob heads" but I like too take my time and do it right.
Going back 40 years ago my uncle was a clerk of the works (inspector to you younger folks) Nothing got past him, builders shit themselves when they heard he was going to inspect their work. He was ruthless at picking fault.. But the jobs were always done %100. not like building work today. There are some good builders out there but there are still too many cowboys. If a jobs worth doing, do it properly.
@Jedi Knight the old adidge states should we call in a professional or screw it up ourselves? Too many bodgers out there and too few tradesmen. That’s due to money grabbing building companies bodge it and scarper with the profits. I live in a Try home a real bodge building
The caveat to this is if you complain about the work. Dry liners or plasterers or carpenters, Even as a lowly decorator you get a black mark against you and you are replaced. This has happened to me recently on a Skanska site that im no longer welcome on because of that.
I blame the likes of building control and organisations like the NHBC, the trouble is in this country, no body cares, publically they all give positive spin say the things you want to hear, however in reality, they don't give a toss. I have worked in the building trade since 1987 and I have just seen standards drop year after year.
Super video. Just wondering is there ever any comeback for these cowboys? Do they ever have to go back and sort it out? I imagine there's not much you can do about a wall that's out of plumb.
Yes Basically they will be slums of the Future one new house I had Only painted Plaster Board up no Plaster, The whole estate was like it I was told, It was a Bellway Home, and other Problems were A5 size three pages long, I had to pay twice to them and the council tax, the house was freehold but at to pay for renting the ground it was on and it went up each year That is a scam in its self
Ridiculous to see this poor level or workmanship in brand-new homes, build as cheap as possible and sell for as high a price. SHOCKING Quality control must have been a friend of a friend
I've been a sparky for 30 years. I wouldn't buy a house built after 1975. Modern builds are thrown up against the clock. The local councils built the best quality house's up to 1980.
Name the developers. Unless they're publicly shamed nothing it going to change, standards are going to decline even more. It's safe to say that they're responsible for a large number of properties, so maybe if all those buyers knew they've been ripped off they could form a class action suit.
Apparently the people that sign the brickwork off on new builds only check to see if compo has stuck on to any wall ties rather than how plumb walls are... which is crazy to me but I’ve heard it off a lot of brickies on site so they just don’t give a toss so bad...
Sadly, it's a slap up quick culture today with most brickies (there are a few good ones), on most of these big builds,quailty control doesn't exsist... Whereas the smaller developments & one offs,you do see attention to detail,quailty & pride in their work.
@@stuartandrews4344 oh definitely when I’ve been on more private sites like 7 properties in a little close the brick works bang on like you say it’s a get it up and lash it in kind of culture nowadays... but then again if they’re paying silly money for price work then people will rush and stop giving as much of a toss for the final product something needs to be done very soon!!
Name & Invite Board of Directors of these Homebuilders to comment when completing these videos. Add their comments. Conclude with 'How does the purchaser rate their buying experience'.
Them companies need to be named and shamed before someone else gets scammed .,that such a shame on some of them property owners Great work you do respect👊
Pretty much sums up the whole building industry nowadays. The site managers are more interested in back handers and bonus payments, than making sure the jobs are done properly. As for the actual men who do the work, they seem to no longer care or take pride in their own work. Shocking 😱
Yes you’re absolutely correct in your analysis of my post. I stand corrected and I was referring to the ‘multiple building’ sites, not the one off or smaller developments. I am in the trade, but will never work on, or for these projects, despite numerous offers to do so. It is truly demoralising for the tradesmen, but I stand by the comments on the poor management on sites, they only seem to focus on the profitability and therefore lining their own pockets! As usual, it’s left u to the new owners to either fight it out with the developers, or pay someone else to put things right further down the line.
That’s what happens when you take on hundreds off houses, all rushed and no pride in your work….builder is breaking his bollox laughing , laying cheapest quotes etc etc and hiring cheap Eastern European cowboys ..master in nothing people lol
I'm a Building Surveyor and carry out maintenance projects of which the works are all done to a high standard. The new build property works standards have slipped and have done for a few years. Where do the NHBC feature? It is clear that there are quality issues in a small proportion of the builds but they shouldn't occur as on a development its mainly repetitive/like for like as each property is similar
How many site staff on projects nowadays? I remember a time when we had finishing foremen on site, someone in charge of the materials and the site manager's job was to oversee it all. On council developments you had a clerk of works who'd be out all day every day looking for snags and picking up problems as they occurred. I wouldn't have a new build now if it was free.
I hate my new build house. My kitchen ceiling is sagging in the middle and the plasterboard screws have popped all in a row. You can see the hole in the wall for the shower. Downstairs light is hanging off the ceiling as the installer has only screwed one screw into the wood the other 2 have been screwed into plain plasterboard and just fell out. One of our kitchen units has come away from the wall as again they have just screwed straight into plasterboard. I've got to pull loads of plastic strands sticking out of the concrete floor as the concrete is such a low grade. the concrete floor also shakes every time somebody walks on it. Even the electrician who was doing the wiring on the houses couldn't understand how they were able to get away with such low quality houses. I think the building industry needs a complete overhaul as developers these days can get away with cutting allsorts of corners.
Been crawling around on new build sites for over 35yrs most site agents under pressure to meet demand from bonus receiving peers from above and most of contractors being screwed with late or deducted payments the industry is a mess
My job involves going into 100s of peoples lofts. I've seen insulation still in its packaging multiple times when they know the occupant wont go in the loft.
The reality is this is pretty bog standard for council Tenants I moved into a disabled 55+ home last year to find gas leak non working radiators all trough winter 70mm insulation ( it’s recommended all homes have 280 ) when thy eventually replaced after requesting checks repeatedly they had to remove the original as they said it was all broken up and unusable piping outside falling down tiles broken on roof no keys for windows back door locking you in and out missing locks on gates to garden ect
I can't get all the stuff out of plumb. Surely the framing is laser-cut and pre-assembled? And they have levels to work with? So if the framing is straight how is it possible to have the brick that far out of plumb, assuming you are attaching the brick walls with ties? We have some building issues in New Zealand, but generally it is the old houses where walls can be a bit out of plumb, not new ones. We also moan like hell about building permit fees, however the inspections are pretty stringent with that & I cannot see anything with this level of crap getting through. But to be fair we did have a leaky-building crises in late 90's early 00's when we went through a faux-mediterranean style phase (without the actual stone-work) and all the councils are now dead-scared of being sued. Hence over-the-top inspections. Or perhaps not over-the-top. Brick cladding is also not so common, definitely not two story brick-units like that they would be a disaster in an earthquake.
How do builders deal with the issues you find? I always think that a house is significantly a higher investment than a car, & no one would accept a small scratch on the paint, yet the snags/faults you show are truly "shocking". I would want whole areas of brickwork replaced, but in some instances surely thats not practical? ie where the bond is wildly out, or the first course overhangs the slab?
Some new. Properties have the gas pipes in the wall cavitys it's ilegal ,I found this when drilling a hole to put a picture up , instant grass leek filling the surroundings of the house.it was a housing association property years ago .
I went Past a new build today and the brick work all over the place. All the guttering down pipes where not straight. I wouldn't touch a new build. No pride in work.
What would really help is that all these house builders were named on these uploads,it would help the public avoid them , that might make them start to change how they deal with building new houses if they can’t sell them .
Great that you highlight these issues, however does anything get done to remediate these issues? Realistically tge builder isn't going to rebuild the wall out of plumb. Look forward to a redponse
I’ve seen building control look at a few houses out of 20 being build and assume they are all being done correctly rather then inspect. I mean we actually got at for building control so do your job. I’d never have a new build unless I self built
You need to copyright the way you say shocking! It's fabulous. Seriously, these videos are EYE OPENING.. was considering buying a new build. Hmm, maybe not no
I'm an air tightness tester and see these issues all too often. Great that you are putting this in the public eye. Keep it up.
That air tight tests are a bit dodgy as with experience on new builds they just tape up cracks or anywhere air could escape for the test then remove when passed.
@@master_Blaster91 Then they're not doing it right. There are plenty of cowboys at every level in this industry.
@@takumisekiguchisloan oh I know they're not doing it right it's a total bodge that was Taylor wimpy and kier homes
Air test biggest con in the trade and I say trade loosely
@@dalemoore11 ye those buildings still standing from 1600s and onwards obviously got air tested 😝🤣🤣👍
I've been a self employed bricklayer for 45yrs,so,I have seen the difference in governments attitudes to quality.
Rules and regs are ignored when a tory government are in.Why? because they just want to sell houses with no comebacks for the builders.(their mates)
All this health and safety bull is purely to fund agencies.A self employed tradesman now has to work through an agency, not directly for a builder.The agency is used as a barrier between the builder and the tradesman.Builders no longer have to deal with taxation,supplying protective cothing,it is dealt with by dodgy agencies,who claim tax back when they have not supplied what they are claiming for.
The whole situation is a scam.
Who carries the can?the tradesmen and the poor new buyers who have bought a pig in a poke.
Love watching the vids, but would equally love to know what the outcomes are- especially for (seemingly) major bits like walls massively out of line.
Last year i ws fitting double fire doors with frames on a hospital site the comtractor wanted 2 sets a day or10 a week come friday i had managed to do 8 sets .the forman told me i would have to speed up, so all weeked it bugged me that i was not as quick as the other teams On monday the shit hit the fan all the doors had been inspected and would have to be refitted all except mind which passed lol
Well done fella. Keep up the high standards and don’t drop em for anyone. I’m a plumber and there only one way to do things. The right way. Do something g bad and it will come back to get you one day.
Almost as if the foreman should be checking for other things as well as speed. What a joke
I once had a contractor fit a fire door upside down.
It's almost as if someone should be regulating the people and companies that build these houses.
Building Control and the indemnity provider’s warranty inspectors provide that function
@@oktfg Whoosh
Did I see something g go right over his head. Whoosh.
@@oktfg Ahh, thank God for that! Cheers, put my mind at ease.
@@oktfg No effective Building Control (largely the builder's own desultory inspection only now) ...Indemnity Provider is the builders own pet organisation and intolerably slow/under-resourced...this really needs major legislation and enforcement...urgently...In truth I suspect most buildings slung up the last ten years or so should really be torn down and started afresh from the footings up...
Good job educating people on what a lot of trouble they are buying into. New builds are all show but no substance. I have known two friends who bought new build properties both had problems.👍
Absolutely shocking!!! I can never get enough of you saying that!
Can't believe you let your car get so dirty, look at that, absolutely shocking! 😂
@@Tondaloona03 👍👍
Ah! But look at the guy cleaning it, shows it can be done ;)
Clearly there are too many shocking new places to condem he hardly has time to clean his own van.
Radicalus!
I would say this is pretty common on today's new builds. I'm sure if a while site was inspected, the same faults would be found on each and every house. Time to start naming and shaming I say.
I think the inspector is looking ta jail time, and I don't mean that as a joke either, absolutely horrendous.
Indeed. Considering the value of these , this is actually Fraud isn’t it .
They just got rid of the manager on one of the best sites I've worked on for a long time. He had high standards and would rather not build it if it wasnt done properly. Most of the trades disliked him and the progress on the site in general was slow but the quality was amazing. Unfortunately the developers were losing money so they shipped him out.
It seems with the premium on land, the quality of land and clean up costs or ground improvements, the caveats local councils want done for them to get planning. All the favours, services charges and top management wages there is little left to actually build the house with.
the amount of money these big building firms make suggests there is lots of money left to build a quality product
They house builders make far more money making as many house as possible as fast as possible it's not rocket science.
Yes it’s all about money for them not quality. I’d never buy a new build.
A nett profit for developers of c24% now dropping rapidly to 20% and possibly even lower explains some .
Hopefully these homeowners will now be able to get the appropriate remedial work performed. The problem is, which set of mouth breathing, knuckle dragging wood butchers and bodgers will pitch up and try and escape by just applying silicone to everything they see?
Yeah seems all these cowboys carry guns.. silicon guns.
That is exactly what Witney Bodgers ( name witheld) did. They were the Oxford developers go to mastic kings.
Anything actually fixed is at our expense by recommended trades.
What happens to things like bricks walls on the house being massively out of plumb or brick joints aligned? How do the house builders actually fix that?
I was thinking this too
Probably get it rendered
@@kcryptouk8124 Ha, cheeky buggars.
When sites had true managers they'd be on top of the supposed trades,if a wall was out they'd be pulling it down and starting again..
I know of one house that's six inches out, the house looks like a disney cartoon..
The answer given to other comments is... they don't, it's often just rendered over, or simply ignored. Apparently the companies are known to get an engineer in to sign it off as sound even though it doesn't meet standards they 'reckon it'll hold' and so it's all yours.
As far as I can determine 90% of all the snagging fixes are just cosmetic, such as the fake movement joints, fake vents, etc... and don't actually fix the issue. I mean how do you fix a missing movement joint? You literally have to take half the house down. which is why there needs to be inspections at key stages through the build ON EVERY HOUSE, not just a 10% sample, where they would find something like vent bricks at ground level, or a forgotten movement joint, when only 5 courses of brick needs taking out, not three stories!
These issues are clearly systematic, they aren't just, "opps, one lad forgot to run a bead around that one window". This is a "it's quicker not to bother and hope we don't get caught" kind of a deal and there NEEDS to be a class action against the companies doing it.
I wish I had bought a full structural survey - as I always did on older houses- when I bought my new build!
I'm in Witney in a house built by an Oxford based landlord and developer of new builds for sale.
I thought only the big boys were rubbish!
My mum moved into a bellaway new build with the council. The turf died within weeks and sewage would flood her back garden! Disgusting.
She said she felt bad for people who brought these houses! Me and hubby be looking at old builds to buy….they’re built to last
Yes I had a Belway Did not have the sewage Problem but loads of other Problems
It would be interesting for you to snag the show home on a new build estate. They seem to achieve a high standard on those. It’s a shame the developer doesn’t employ you directly. I would hate to think how it would impact the completion programme though. You should seriously consider writing a checklist book for what people need to look out for.
How do they get away with doing and especially passing such poor work? What can people who've had this done to their homes do about it?
It’s what you get when you allow self regulation of organisations where they value profit over quality. Great video yet again, makes me quite happy we went for a 1920’s build instead….
Old houses have loads of problems too
@@belltond1527 they do.... But my 1928 house has stood for 94 years with no need for new floors new joists still has original front door even, only real change has been some new wiring and gas / water pipes....oh and a new roof but that was 70 years before it was replaced. But walls are straight and floors are level,
Oh and there weren't no problems with houses in the 1920's.....ffs
@@gavincollins9376 the one's that were built poorly aren't around now a days provably
@@Martin-ls9bz Oh they are trust me
Name and shame these companies. Especially those ripping off the elderly!!
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There needs to be a major shake up in general in relation to house purchasing in the UK. Between exchange of contracts and completion the purchaser should be allowed to get an independent snagging company to inspect. Those issues like we see numerous times on these videos should by law have to be fixed rectified in order to proceed to completion. No post completing snagging visits once the developer has your money, as most of these are breaches of building regs and not minor "snags" No if's and no but's.....
Most of the snag items are easy fixes actually.
The problem is that after exchange, you're committed to buying the house. So it doesn't really matter what the snagging survey shows pre-completion, because you can't back out without taking a huge financial hit.
After completion, you have a 2 year warranty, so plenty of time to get issues fixed.
This is all the fault of central government and allowing the inspectors to be embedded within the building firms.
👍 this exactly
I would never ever buy a new house unless i could afford to supervise building my own.
I will Never ever Buy a New Build again, Has over the years I have had four New Builds and each one had many faults, And what makes it worse is the builder in my case made the fight personal to put things right, My husband has died and left me to fight on alone and the times they had me crying from their total lack of caring once they have your money
@cianmacgana9092 Yes I should have just kept hoping the last one Was Just bad luck and it would improve never did, so now I have a twenty-year-old one and I knew what needed doing when I moved in,
What happens after you identify all these snags and fails? Do they have to come back and fix them? Once they've fixed them do you then go back for another inspection? Cheers!
As above, interested to know. Some of these snags can’t be rectified!!
Was thinking the same. All well and good saying the bricks out of plumb, they’re not going to rebuild the house!
@@gavjackson1984 I was thinking the same thing. Imagine the mortgages attached to these houses that require rebuilding 👀
I identified loads of snags on my home, they fixed a couple so we moved in then left the rest, find more all the time been here 3 years now will never buy a new build again
If the builder agrees they are out of standards they will get the work fixed to acceptable standards and or come to agreement of free stuff and or money tho that ends all come backs on the items. This guy will not come back after unless u pay him.
I can imagine the guys working on this house all hang over from the night before, smoking super skunk on every tea break, cutting corners and then bragging to their friends about the Corners they cut. I could of cut a corner myself and summed them up with these 2 words, "Knob heads" but I like too take my time and do it right.
Going back 40 years ago my uncle was a clerk of the works (inspector to you younger folks) Nothing got past him, builders shit themselves when they heard he was going to inspect their work. He was ruthless at picking fault.. But the jobs were always done %100. not like building work today.
There are some good builders out there but there are still too many cowboys. If a jobs worth doing, do it properly.
@Jedi Knight the old adidge states should we call in a professional or screw it up ourselves? Too many bodgers out there and too few tradesmen. That’s due to money grabbing building companies bodge it and scarper with the profits. I live in a Try home a real bodge building
I worked for Persimmon for 7 years.
I would never buy a new build home.
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Sometimes the brickwork cant be help on a ladder cut up, due to shite joiners!
Do any of the major issues like the brickwork get fixed or is it just compensation that gets paid?
The caveat to this is if you complain about the work. Dry liners or plasterers or carpenters, Even as a lowly decorator you get a black mark against you and you are replaced. This has happened to me recently on a Skanska site that im no longer welcome on because of that.
I blame the likes of building control and organisations like the NHBC, the trouble is in this country, no body cares, publically they all give positive spin say the things you want to hear, however in reality, they don't give a toss.
I have worked in the building trade since 1987 and I have just seen standards drop year after year.
Super video. Just wondering is there ever any comeback for these cowboys? Do they ever have to go back and sort it out? I imagine there's not much you can do about a wall that's out of plumb.
Does anyone know what happens when walls out of tolerance become old and weaker? Just risk falling over?
Yes Basically they will be slums of the Future one new house I had Only painted Plaster Board up no Plaster, The whole estate was like it I was told, It was a Bellway Home, and other Problems were A5 size three pages long, I had to pay twice to them and the council tax, the house was freehold but at to pay for renting the ground it was on and it went up each year That is a scam in its self
Shocka locka lockin ya missed lower part of back left bumper 😲😲😲🤭🤭🤭😂😂😂
Are the quality control inspectors being bought off?
Ridiculous to see this poor level or workmanship in brand-new homes, build as cheap as possible and sell for as high a price. SHOCKING Quality control must have been a friend of a friend
Think you re stretching the term “workmanship”
Glad I live in a six hundred year old house .
I've been a sparky for 30 years.
I wouldn't buy a house built after 1975.
Modern builds are thrown up against the clock.
The local councils built the best quality house's up to 1980.
Stfu. Open your eyes. All English building are SHIT. STFU. GO TO SPAIN AND LEARN .
Name the developers.
Unless they're publicly shamed nothing it going to change, standards are going to decline even more.
It's safe to say that they're responsible for a large number of properties, so maybe if all those buyers knew they've been ripped off they could form a class action suit.
I was in the construction industry 30 years ago and remember work being inspected by the local authorities, obviously not done nowadays 👎
Apparently the people that sign the brickwork off on new builds only check to see if compo has stuck on to any wall ties rather than how plumb walls are... which is crazy to me but I’ve heard it off a lot of brickies on site so they just don’t give a toss so bad...
Nhbc inspectors are the worst for that.
Sadly, it's a slap up quick culture today with most brickies (there are a few good ones), on most of these big builds,quailty control doesn't exsist...
Whereas the smaller developments & one offs,you do see attention to detail,quailty & pride in their work.
@@stuartandrews4344 oh definitely when I’ve been on more private sites like 7 properties in a little close the brick works bang on like you say it’s a get it up and lash it in kind of culture nowadays... but then again if they’re paying silly money for price work then people will rush and stop giving as much of a toss for the final product something needs to be done very soon!!
@@babyj5184 Very true, but something has needed to be done for quite a few years now, but very little has been done to address these problems.
Can't you name and shame the developers please? People can take 40 years to pay for this junk on a mortgage ! btw I'm a bricklayer with pride.
Name & Invite Board of Directors of these Homebuilders to comment when completing these videos. Add their comments. Conclude with 'How does the purchaser rate their buying experience'.
Omg I'm so glad my house is 126yrs old...none of that poor build in those days.they'd be going to wormwood for 6 months.liking your content.
Can you create a video letting us know what happens to these houses with these issues? Are the owners compensated?
I was not compensated so much Stress
Them companies need to be named and shamed before someone else gets scammed .,that such a shame on some of them property owners
Great work you do respect👊
Pretty much sums up the whole building industry nowadays. The site managers are more interested in back handers and bonus payments, than making sure the jobs are done properly.
As for the actual men who do the work, they seem to no longer care or take pride in their own work.
Shocking 😱
Yes you’re absolutely correct in your analysis of my post. I stand corrected and I was referring to the ‘multiple building’ sites, not the one off or smaller developments.
I am in the trade, but will never work on, or for these projects, despite numerous offers to do so.
It is truly demoralising for the tradesmen, but I stand by the comments on the poor management on sites, they only seem to focus on the profitability and therefore lining their own pockets!
As usual, it’s left u to the new owners to either fight it out with the developers, or pay someone else to put things right further down the line.
That’s what happens when you take on hundreds off houses, all rushed and no pride in your work….builder is breaking his bollox laughing , laying cheapest quotes etc etc and hiring cheap Eastern European cowboys ..master in nothing people lol
I worked on a site. Was told needed to check loft space smell of burning. Found down light was fitted right by a joist almost caused a big fire.
You must dirt on the rear left corner of the bumper.... SHOCKING 🤣🤣🤣 keep going bud 👍
I've seen alot of these kind of videos, what is the remedy for the fake weep vents?
60 years ago they would have been torn down and done properly you cant beat cheap labour
Just Another day onsite in todays world
Heat video as usual
But Buuut the way you washed your van was shocking 😅
So if you buy a property and this is the state it is in what is your options?
I'm a Building Surveyor and carry out maintenance projects of which the works are all done to a high standard. The new build property works standards have slipped and have done for a few years. Where do the NHBC feature? It is clear that there are quality issues in a small proportion of the builds but they shouldn't occur as on a development its mainly repetitive/like for like as each property is similar
And that's why I don't want a new build over priced and shocking 😑
How many site staff on projects nowadays? I remember a time when we had finishing foremen on site, someone in charge of the materials and the site manager's job was to oversee it all. On council developments you had a clerk of works who'd be out all day every day looking for snags and picking up problems as they occurred.
I wouldn't have a new build now if it was free.
So which house builders should be avoided and which are the ones to go for?
What do they do when the brickwork is out of plumb?
didn't expect Dr Disrespect as the backing track on that first one.
Yaya baby baby!
When the brickwork is so far out how is it remedied?
I hate my new build house. My kitchen ceiling is sagging in the middle and the plasterboard screws have popped all in a row. You can see the hole in the wall for the shower. Downstairs light is hanging off the ceiling as the installer has only screwed one screw into the wood the other 2 have been screwed into plain plasterboard and just fell out. One of our kitchen units has come away from the wall as again they have just screwed straight into plasterboard. I've got to pull loads of plastic strands sticking out of the concrete floor as the concrete is such a low grade. the concrete floor also shakes every time somebody walks on it. Even the electrician who was doing the wiring on the houses couldn't understand how they were able to get away with such low quality houses. I think the building industry needs a complete overhaul as developers these days can get away with cutting allsorts of corners.
Been crawling around on new build sites for over 35yrs most site agents under pressure to meet demand from bonus receiving peers from above and most of contractors being screwed with late or deducted payments the industry is a mess
My job involves going into 100s of peoples lofts. I've seen insulation still in its packaging multiple times when they know the occupant wont go in the loft.
Whats the tolerance on gable wall ?
“0121 go do one” 🤣🤣🤣
The reality is this is pretty bog standard for council Tenants I moved into a disabled 55+ home last year to find gas leak non working radiators all trough winter 70mm insulation ( it’s recommended all homes have 280 ) when thy eventually replaced after requesting checks repeatedly they had to remove the original as they said it was all broken up and unusable piping outside falling down tiles broken on roof no keys for windows back door locking you in and out missing locks on gates to garden ect
It's indicative of the current 'I don't give a sh1t' attitude that sadly is all too common in the UK these days...
I can't get all the stuff out of plumb. Surely the framing is laser-cut and pre-assembled? And they have levels to work with? So if the framing is straight how is it possible to have the brick that far out of plumb, assuming you are attaching the brick walls with ties? We have some building issues in New Zealand, but generally it is the old houses where walls can be a bit out of plumb, not new ones. We also moan like hell about building permit fees, however the inspections are pretty stringent with that & I cannot see anything with this level of crap getting through. But to be fair we did have a leaky-building crises in late 90's early 00's when we went through a faux-mediterranean style phase (without the actual stone-work) and all the councils are now dead-scared of being sued. Hence over-the-top inspections. Or perhaps not over-the-top. Brick cladding is also not so common, definitely not two story brick-units like that they would be a disaster in an earthquake.
How did NHBC pass that?
How do they pass the CML.?
How do builders deal with the issues you find? I always think that a house is significantly a higher investment than a car, & no one would accept a small scratch on the paint, yet the snags/faults you show are truly "shocking". I would want whole areas of brickwork replaced, but in some instances surely thats not practical? ie where the bond is wildly out, or the first course overhangs the slab?
Loving the Vista Print logo! Haha, a top quality man like you deserves your own self made logo.
What happens if the brickwork doesn’t pass? Does the whole wall need to be removed?
So once you've been through - are those issues being rectified ?
How much does it cost for an inspection?
Some new. Properties have the gas pipes in the wall cavitys it's ilegal ,I found this when drilling a hole to put a picture up , instant grass leek filling the surroundings of the house.it was a housing association property years ago .
Looks like a bombs gone off.under the bath 🤣🤣
Chartway group Maidstone been working on these by any chance?
do sites still have a clerk of works, like they used to, his job was to oversee all trades, keep everything to building regs.
What happens when brickwork is this bad? Do they have to tear it down?
Where are these houses, Lazytown?
I went Past a new build today and the brick work all over the place. All the guttering down pipes where not straight. I wouldn't touch a new build. No pride in work.
4:00 ...crikey, that's been hit with a high velocity bullet. Maybe the police need to take a look?
That’s what it looks like for sure
What happens to these properties? Do they fix brickwork that’s massively out?
Do they hell...
@@cogidubnus1953 I didn’t think so. So wrong.
Love the fact you got dr disrespect playing in the background dude 😂👍
Does this count with council accomadation min has pretty much all of this lol
Doesn't suprise me the finish of most new houses today, If you want a quailty home today, then self build
does the buyer not view the property before signing
Landed, you're Swansea based, accent sounded familiar, will be definitely getting in touch before buying a new build, great work and channel 👍
What would really help is that all these house builders were named on these uploads,it would help the public avoid them , that might make them start to change how they deal with building new houses if they can’t sell them .
Thos is what I dont understand . Its one thing to have cowboy builders but who signs them off. Surely that's regulated?
This is what happens when you employ someone who doesn't give a toss
It pays to get professional to look at your property before you buy it. Money well spent 😌
Haha love the saying “what in the yeee hawww”
Ffs how they even fix out of plum needs all.knocking down and rebuilding outside wall when inside is done damn thats brutal
Great that you highlight these issues, however does anything get done to remediate these issues? Realistically tge builder isn't going to rebuild the wall out of plumb. Look forward to a redponse
I’ve seen building control look at a few houses out of 20 being build and assume they are all being done correctly rather then inspect. I mean we actually got at for building control so do your job. I’d never have a new build unless I self built
Why does it matter if window frames or walls are not plumb? Is it purely aesthetic?
You need to copyright the way you say shocking! It's fabulous. Seriously, these videos are EYE OPENING.. was considering buying a new build. Hmm, maybe not no
Absolute mystery why anyone buys a new build house 😯
What happens after you've reviewed all this cowboy work?